Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-03-04
SITTING The MATTER OUT.
Fighting the Thing Through in Congress
ifIt Takes All Night.

ifIt Takes All Night.
WASHINGTON CITY, March THE senate
Thursday passed number of District bills
and transacted some routine business of
minor importance and then considered house
bills on the calendar until il a. m when the
legislative day of Thursday-the last of the
session-began, and the conference report on
the bill authorizing the employment of mes
sengers on the postal service was agreed to-
The legislativ e, executive and judicial ap-
preparation bill was then passed in short or
der, but few unimportant amendments being
made, and the conference report on the sun
dry civil bill submitted, and after a state
ment by Allison as to the agreement on the
bill it was passed The house bill to organ
ize as land district mo Mans Landn was
recalled, the senate amendments stricken out
and the bill passed. Vetoed bills for public
buildings at Sioux City, Iowa, and Lafay-
cite, Ind, were passed over the veto. The
conference report on the postoffice bill was
submitted, the disagreement being on the
subsidy amendment The amendment was
insisted upon, aud recess was taken until 8
p. m, at which time the Mexican pension
appropriation So, 800, 0a0-was passed, as
Was the bill relating to reserved national
bank cities The urgency deficiency bill
was announced from the house and Ed
munds objected to the second reading, which
will, if insisted upon, defeat the bill. After
the passage of a number of house bills,
the deficiency bill was taken up
The conference report on the naval appro-
priation was received and agreed to- IL ap-
propriates about Sl1 900 900 for a new navy.
The deficiency bill was then considered and
a number of amendments agreedto, and at an
early hour Friday morning the senate was
still i'll session
The house refused TO pass the bill granting
arrears of pension to Thomas S. Hopkins
over the presidents veto, and agreed to the
conference report on the bill for reference
by congress of all claims except pension
claims to the court of claims for adjudica-
ton An attempt to suspend the rules and
pass the bill modifying the system of inter
nal revenue taxation failed, and then the
veto of the bill granting pension to Sarah
Ann Bradley was sustained The senate bill
appropriating S3'0, 900 TO purchase site for
postotfice at San Francisco was passed. I'M
der suspension of the rules as was also the
bill repeating the tenure-of office act: also
authorizing the war secretary to accept a
tract of land near Chicago for military
post, the tract being donated by the Com
mercial club of Chicago The vote was:
Yeas l41; nays, 81. The house then took
recess until s p. m. When the nouse reas-
sembled the bill admitting free If duty ar IL
cles for exhibition at the Minneapolis expo
sition was passed, the senate amendments to
the legislative bill non-concurred in, and I'M
der suspension of the rules an urgency de-
ficiency bill as substitute for the regular
deficiency bill passed Henderson of Iowa
called up the bill granting pension of s., 00o
per annum to Mrs. Gen Logan, and moved
a suspension OF the rules which, after short
debate, was lost The disagreement on the
subsidy clause of the postottice appropriation
was insisted upon, and the bill authorizing
the construction of bridge over
the Mississippi at Grand Tower. Ills. passed
The veto of the bill for public building at
Dayton, Ohio, was overruled and then the
house received the report of continued disa-
greement on the District bill Business pro
cee1ed slowly and at latest reports from the
| capitol the representatives were still hold.
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